Talmei Ron, the first state (mamlachti) elementary school to open in modern Harish, has been awarded the Education Ministry's GO-STEM standard — the first level in the ministry's track recognizing schools that lead interdisciplinary teaching in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Based on publicly available information, it appears to be the first school in Harish to receive the recognition.
The GO-STEM certification is the entry rung on a three-level ladder, followed by High-STEM and Pro-STEM. Ministry guidelines require schools to deepen their programs and present evidence of school-wide practice, and to spend at least a full year at each level before advancing.
The recognition follows a year in which all of the school's third-through-sixth graders took part in multidisciplinary inquiry projects combining science, technology, robotics and geometry, much of it in the school's makers' room, where pupils design, build, test and refine models. A flagship theme this year was biomimicry — developing ideas and products inspired by mechanisms found in nature. One student project reached the national biomimicry competition final and took third place in Israel, while the school's robotics team finished 13th nationally in the FIRST robotics competition.
Acting Mayor Yochai Farji congratulated the school, calling the award "further evidence of the educational excellence developing in Harish" and crediting the dedication of teaching staff and the curiosity of pupils.
Talmei Ron opened in February 2017 on Bareket Street in the Avnei Chen neighborhood. In 2020, at the initiative of its parents' leadership and principal Anat Orgad — and with the blessing of Tami Arad — the school was formally dedicated to the memory of Ron Arad, the Israeli Air Force navigator missing since 1986. Orgad said the certification recognizes a school-wide commitment to inquiry-based learning that helps pupils "not only acquire knowledge, but develop the ability to influence, innovate and lead."
Source: Harish City — חריש סיטי
